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Only A Sinner Saved By Grace???

THE FLESH

Paul goes on to say in Romans 8, verses 8 and

9:

“So then they that are in the flesh cannot

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please God. But ye are not in the flesh,

but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of

God dwell in you. Now if any man have

not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”

According to Strong’s Greek definitions, “the

flesh denotes mere human nature, the earthly

nature of man apart from divine influence,

and therefore prone to sin and opposed to

God,” so when Paul speaks of those who are

“in the flesh,” he’s speaking of the unsaved,

those who do not have the “divine influence”

in their lives (the Holy Spirit), which would

also substantiate a pre-conversion narrative

in Romans 7 of Paul’s recollection of

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